One day last week I looked over my shoulder to see this beautiful little bird that I have never seen before, visiting with the parade of birds feeding just outside my studio door. Quickly grabbing my camera, I was lucky to get several shots off before it flew away. Upon researching my field books I find it was a “rufous-sided towhee”, and to my surprise it was listed to be a common and year round resident in our area. Now how did I miss this one all these years!?
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